Level Of Sexual Desire

What Causes Reduced Sexual Desire?

Reduced sexual desire can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'minor' to 'life-threatening'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose reduced sexual desire, we could:

Research the topic

Find a doctor with the time

Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "reduced sexual desire" as a symptom. Here are eight of many possibilities (more below):

Low Testosterone

Hypothyroidism

Alcohol Consequences

Depression

Stress

Sleep Apnea

Progesterone Excess

Zinc Need

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply: